Reports

Doing Better for Families

Drawing on a wide range of sources, this book constructs and analyses different indicators of family well-being across the OECD covering the followong key areas: family policy tools; fertility trends; parental employment; sole-parent families; child well-being; child maltreatment.

Labour markets and the economy

Nearly two years after production began to recover from the worst recession to have hit OECD countries since the 1930s, the labour market situation remains a major preoccupation.

Persistence of high unemployment: what risks? what policies?, Economics Department Policy Note No. 5

Aggregate demand policies have a role to play in supporting the economic recovery and stimulate jobs. Enhancing vocational training is desirable, even if beefing-up such programmes may be difficult in countries facing large budget deficits or with limited training infrastructure.

Women’s Economic Empowerment - Issues paper

Women’s economic empowerment is a prerequisite for sustainable development and for achieving the Millennium Development Goals. At the same time, it is also a right. Learn more in this issues paper.

Economic Policy Reforms: Going for Growth 2011

Going for Growth 2011 takes stock of recent progress in implementing policy reforms to improve labour productivity and utilisation that were identified as priorities in the 2010 edition.

Society at a Glance 2011 - OECD Social Indicators

Society at a Glance offers a concise overview of quantitative social trends and policies across the OECD. This 2001 edition includes a wide range of social indicators - including for the major emerging economies - and features a special chapter on unpaid&

Maintaining Momentum: OECD Perspectives on Policy Challenges in Chile

To inform the current policy debate in Chile and present an economic assessment with concrete recommendations and policy options, this report provides a detailed analysis of the overall Chilean economic situation.

Clone: Benefits and Wages: Country specific files

Replacement rates (gross and net), country specific files, models and calculator from Benefits and Wages 2007, which provides detailed descriptions of all cash benefits available to those in and out of work as well as the taxes they were liable&

Sickness, Disability and Work: Breaking the Barriers - A Synthesis of Findings across OECD Countries

Sickness, Disability and Work: Breaking the Barriers - A Synthesis of Findings across OECD Countries

Too many workers leave the labour market permanently due to health problems or disability, and too few people with reduced work capacity manage to remain in employment. This report, the last in the OECD series Sickness, Disability and Work: Breaking the Barriers, synthesises the project’s findin